Failure of Aβ(1-40) amyloid fibrils under tensile loading

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3367-3374

  Paparcone, Raffaella ^a   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibril; Elasticity; Failure; Length scale; Mechanical properties; Nanomechanics

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; AMYLOID FIBRIL; AMYLOID PROTEINS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BRAIN TISSUE; FAILURE; FAILURE MECHANISM; FAILURE STRAIN; FAILURE STRESS; LENGTH SCALE; LONG FIBER; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NANO-MATERIALS; ORGANIZED STRUCTURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SIMULATION RESULT; SMALL STRAINS; STRENGTH PROPERTY; STRESS LEVELS; TENSILE LOADING; THEORETICAL MODELS; UNIAXIAL TENSILE LOADING; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

AGGLOMERATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; NANOMECHANICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PROTEINS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40];

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FIBER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG MODULUS;

AMYLOID; BIOMECHANICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79952005178     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.11.066     Document Type: Article

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